The Nicklaus Children's Hospital Emergency Department is the busiest in the state and one of the most visited in the nation. Each year, the department provides care for approximately 100,000 children, an average of nearly 275 per day. What’s more, the Emergency Department is the 2012 Kids Crown Award recipient as “Best children’s ER” in Miami-Dade County, according to the readers of South Florida Parenting Magazine.
Nicklaus Children's Hospital provides its signature pediatric care for every child visiting the Emergency Department, which is also home to a regional pediatric Trauma Center, providing life-saving and stabilizing treatment. Volume far exceeds capacity and the number of patient visits continues to rise.
Projected Completion Date: In Progress
Expanding to Meet Needs and Enhance Life-Saving Treatment
To meet the needs of a growing community, the Nicklaus Children's Hospital Emergency Department is expanding and adding world-class amenities to optimize its world-class emergency care. The M.B. Fernandez Trauma Center at Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, Emergency Department – the only freestanding Level I pediatric trauma center in Florida -- is also being expanded. Highlights of the department expansion include:
- A larger 47,000-square-foot facility to feature 72 patient care rooms
- Increased efficiencies in patient wait times
- Quicker access to medical treatment
- Specialized areas for enhanced patient flow from triage to discharge/disposition
- - Comprehensive Trauma Suite
- - Fast Track Area
- - Rapid Care Area
- - Critical Care Area
- - Dedicated Pediatric Fracture Care Clinic
- - Two X-Ray Suites
- Decentralized nurse stations for increased visibility and safety
- Additional pediatrician support
- Additional Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants for enhanced physician support
- Close proximity of a broad array of sub-specialty services (craniofacial, ENT, endocrinology, others)
Amenities to Enhance the Care Experience
The patient experience is also a top priority at Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, Emergency Department. Our new facilities will feature the following environmental enhancements.
- A 5,000 square-foot Waiting Room with family grouping seating
- Dedicated “entertainment zones” for children of all ages
- Better access to nurses and physicians by families
- Increased patient and family privacy and satisfaction
Members of the community, including individuals, corporations and foundations, can help support the Emergency Department expansion. For more information, please call Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, Foundation at 305.666.2889.
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